After binding the mistress system, raise cubs and train husbands in the mansion

Before Murong Yan could speak, Lord Xu explained, "I have only one little girl in my family. I have loved her since she was a child. Whenever there is a chance for her to go out and see the world, I always take her with me."

"Today, I heard that many knowledgeable people will attend the thank-you banquet, so I also want to take a look at the style of the talented people of the dynasty."

Xie Baiyuan was speechless after hearing this. Lord Xu even acted as if he was justified in committing fraud. No wonder his mother said that he was too ignorant of the ways of the world.

Murong Yan snorted and laughed, "Since Lord Xu loves your daughter so much, then I agree."

"Thank you, Your Highness!" Lord Xu was delighted. He knew that Xie Baiyuan was a knife to the Emperor and could never be compared with him, an old minister of the court.

However, when he was about to ask his daughter to thank him, Murong Yan added, "I will allow you to return home with your daughter."

"W-what?" For a moment, Lord Xu stood there in a daze.

Xu Yuanyin on the side was also stunned. The prince actually drove them back directly?

Upon hearing this, Xie Boyuan quickly took advantage of the situation and said, "I will send a carriage to take Lord Xu and Miss Xu back home."

After saying this, the prince walked into the private room. After Bai Yuan arranged the carriage, he also left.

Only the Xu father and daughter were left in the hall.

"Dad, what should we do now?"

Lord Xu gritted his teeth and said, "Go home!"

Xie Baiyuan, just wait for me. If I succeed, I will die a miserable death.

"go!"

Xu Yuanyin lowered her head and followed her father out of the restaurant in shame.

Xie Boyuan followed the prince and asked softly, "Your Highness, do you know the purpose of Lord Xu's daughter's visit this time?"

"Hmph! I guess she must have fallen in love with some young man?" He was unwilling to admit that the average-looking woman with a green tea-like face had a crush on him.

This woman is not even a little bit inferior to Bai Jin.

"The prince is wise and he guessed the other party's intention immediately."

Alas! Bo Yuan secretly sighed in his heart, it is difficult to be a good person.

On the day of the banquet, he didn't want to have any unpleasantness with others, but even if he made sufficient preparations, he couldn't avoid disputes. It seems that he has to be wary of Lord Xu in the future.

In the elegant room.

The ministers surrounded the emperor and the prince, and kept greeting and flattering them.

The emperor looked around and didn't see Xie Bochen, so he asked in a low voice, "Minister Xie, isn't Bochen coming today?"

"Your Majesty, I am in the guest room. Please go there and take a rest later."

The emperor heard his hidden meaning and found an excuse to leave.

"My dear ministers, today is a rare opportunity to relax. You can drink more wine. I am not feeling well and will go to rest first. Please accompany me, Prince."

"Yes, Father!"

"Please thank you, Minister, for leading the way."

"Your Majesty, Prince, please come this way!"

Ministers: "Farewell, Your Majesty, and Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Xie Boyuan took the two to the guest room arranged by his brother.

"Your humble servant greets His Majesty and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Be flat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

"Thank you, Minister, and Guard Xie, what do you two want from me?"

Xie Bochen got straight to the point, "Your Majesty, this is some information I got while in the South Country. Please take a look at it."

"Southern Kingdom?" The prince asked curiously, "Guard Xie asked for leave these days just to go to the Southern Kingdom?"

"Exactly."

"Why don't you tell Father or me?"

Xie Bochen quickly knelt down and pleaded guilty, "Your Majesty and the Crown Prince, please forgive me. Some of these things I heard from others, and I dare not report them carelessly, so as not to cause panic in the court."

"So, I thought I would report it to His Majesty after confirming it."

Xie Baiyuan also knelt on the ground and pleaded for his brother.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, the matter I am going to verify concerns the safety of the Great Zhou Dynasty. If the spies in the court are alerted, I am afraid that my plan will fail, so I have to resort to this desperate measure."

"I hope Your Majesty can show some leniency and spare my life."

The prince frowned. Although Bai Chen was a loyal man, if he acted on his own, he would be difficult to control in the future.

But his father was here, so even if he was punished, he had no right to speak.

He turned his head to look at his father and found that his father's face was blue, as if he had seen something terrible, and he had never seen his father like this before.

Emotions such as resentment, fear, and panic are intertwined.

The atmosphere in the air was unusually quiet and no one dared to disturb him.

"Cough cough!"

"Cough cough!"

The emperor suddenly started coughing violently and blood spurted out of his mouth.

Seeing this, the three of them hurried forward and helped him lie down.

"Father! Are you alright? I will call the imperial physician for you right away."

Xie Boyuan acted quickly. He rushed out of the guest room, went to find Eunuch Huang, and asked him to find the imperial physician.

The emperor drank some water, took a break, and said, "No need for a doctor. I know my body is fine and I can still hold on for a while."

"Father!" The prince had tears in his eyes. He didn't know what his father had seen to make him suddenly become like this.

"Yan'er, take a look."

Then, the emperor slowly stood up and asked Xie Bochen, "Guard Xie, is this what you found out from the South Country?"

"Your Majesty, I am willing to guarantee with my life that everything I said is true. But these are all what I heard from the people of the Southern Kingdom. I have not found any concrete evidence. Please punish me, Your Majesty."

"You did a great job, why should I punish you? Ahem!"

Murong Yan looked at the letter and was shocked by the contents written in black and white. He finally understood his father's emotions just now.

"This Du Yulang is really bold! Who gave him the power? Does he still take my father seriously?"

"Prince, what should we do now?" The emperor thought that this might be a good thing, as it could be an opportunity to test the prince's decision-making ability.

If he could handle this matter properly and win the approval of the ministers in the court, then he could safely hand over the Great Zhou to his hands.

But if he fails, then the future of the Great Zhou Dynasty...

Murong Yan knew that this was his father testing him.

"Thank you, Guard. I just heard you say that there is a spy in the court. Do you know who it is?"

"Your Highness, I don't know anything about this, but I think it's very strange. If it was just Du Yulang who did it, why didn't the ministers report it?"

"The only possible explanation is that someone is colluding with the outside world. Someone among the ministers in the court is confusing the public and covering up this matter."

"And Du Yulang also concealed the real reason behind the truce from his subordinates."

The prince nodded. He had to say that Xie Bochen's analysis made sense. When they fought against the Southern Kingdom, they not only sent Du Yulang, but also several civil servants.

Mainly because they were afraid that they could not win the battle, their Great Zhou Dynasty was willing to pay some gold, silver and jewelry as compensation in order to seek peace.

But none of these ministers mentioned this matter, which shows that there is a lot of water involved.

"But I have an idea." Xie Bochen continued.

"Say!"

"I think that Du Yulang is a military commander after all, and he shouldn't come up with such a despicable plan."